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Newsletter: 13th February 2026

Posted on February 13, 2026 | By Mr Cole

Happy Half Term! Today is the mid-point in the school year; a great time to look back at all of the amazing learning that our children have done since September. Looking back at the children’s books, the progress they are making this year really stands out, whether that’s improvement in handwriting, sentence structure, number skills […]

Posted on February 6, 2026 | By Mr Cole

Consultation Reminder Thank you to everyone who has replied to the consultation about how we use children’s images online. We’ve had just over 20 responses so far. If you would like to share your thoughts, the survey remains open until next Friday, 13th February. You can complete it by following this link: https://forms.gle/9W4DxqqwaoXTwW986 If the […]

Posted on January 30, 2026 | By Mr Cole

It’s a Boy! We are so happy that Mr Roberts’ second child made his entry into the world around lunchtime last Sunday. Both mum and baby Jack are doing well and Mr Roberts is enjoying two weeks’ paternity leave bonding with the new arrival. I am sure you will join me in wishing the Roberts […]

Posted on January 23, 2026 | By Mr Cole

Household Support Fund Just a reminder that time is now getting tight if you wish to apply for financial support through the Household Support Fund. Applications often take two months to process and the scheme close date of 19th March isn’t far outside that. The Household Support Fund can support families with the financial cost […]

Posted on January 16, 2026 | By Mr Cole

Attendance As we’re approaching the midway point of the school year, it’s a good time to look at attendance. For individual children, the Department for Education’s definition of Persistent Absence is 90% or below and any percentage above 96% is defined as Good Attendance. To put this in context for you, a child with 95% […]

Posted on January 9, 2026 | By Mr Cole

Welcome Back! Getting back into our school routine has been really good this week, after the very-much-needed pause over the Christmas break. I hope you have all had a good Christmas and New Year. Even though the days are still very dark, it feels so much nicer being in the “Spring” term! There are several […]

Posted on December 19, 2025 | By Mr Cole

Merry Christmas! We’ve had a lovely end of term this week across our schools, with our children once again building excitement for the big day, which is now less than a week away! Christmas Dinner was, as always, a highlight and it was wonderful to see so many children in their Christmas Jumpers enjoying the […]

Posted on December 12, 2025 | By Mr Cole

Three Amazing Shows! Huge, huge congratulations to our children in all three schools who have performed three really excellent shows this week. In each production, we saw lots of children shine in different ways and we have seen new aspects to their personalities and skills, which have really grown through the whole experience. As I […]

Posted on December 5, 2025 | By Mr Cole

Production Week! Next week is, of course, the week when our schools really shine with the energy and enthusiasm from our children as they perform their Christmas Shows: Alice the Musical, The Jingle Book and Bethlehem the Musical. Both children and staff have been working incredibly hard over the last five weeks to bring these productions […]

Posted on November 28, 2025 | By Mr Cole

Annual Questionnaire Each year, we collect views from you about your child/children’s experience in our schools. This forms an important part of the leadership team and governors’ self evaluation of the school, helping identify what is going well, and things we need to give attention to. Please could you complete the questionnaire using this link […]

Posted on November 21, 2025 | By Mr Cole

Exeter Cathedral Performance After weeks of practising, Year 4 from across our three schoolse travelling to Exeter tomorrow to perform in the Torridge Schools Singing Concert in the Cathedral along with the boys from the Cathedral Choir. This promises to be a very memorable and enjoyable event and one the children have worked really hard […]

Posted on November 14, 2025 | By Mr Cole

Applications for Reception next year If your child is due to start school in Reception next year, the process for applying for a school place opens tomorrow! Even if your child already attends one of our Preschools, you need to apply for a place – there is no automatic movement from Pre-school into Reception as this […]

Posted on November 7, 2025 | By Mr Cole

Flu Vaccinations Seasonal flu vaccinations (nasel sprays) have taken place in Parkham and Woolsery schools this week, whereas Buckland Brewer children received theirs back in September. If your child missed their opportunity for vaccinations because there was no consent in place, you can contact the School Age Immunisation Team who will help you give consent […]

Posted on October 24, 2025 | By Mr Cole

Happy Half Term! The first eight weeks of the school year have just flown by! We are so impressed with the way all of our children have returned to their learning this term, settling quickly into their new classes and really engaging with their teachers. We have had two different Advisers working with us over […]

Posted on October 17, 2025 | By Mr Cole

Secondary School Admissions We still have a lot of our Year 6 children showing as not having registered for a secondary school place next year. Please remember that the admissions portal closes on 31st October. After this time, any applications will go to the bottom of the list and you will be allocated whichever secondary […]

Posted on October 10, 2025 | By Mr Cole

Safeguarding Alert – please read! We have been made aware by Devon Safeguarding team the following information regarding a set of children’s books: The books involved in this alert are the Spy Dog, Spy Pup and Spy Cat written by Andrew Cope. The books contain a link to a website which contains highly pornographic content. The book […]

Posted on October 3, 2025 | By Mr Cole

Parent-Teacher Meetings Just a reminder that the week-after-next our Parent/Teacher meetings take place across all three schools. This is a really important time for you to discuss how your child is settling in to the new school year and the sort of things you can do at home to help them make progress in their […]

Posted on September 26, 2025 | By Mr Cole

Family Group Cross Country Championships Next Monday is our annual Family Group Cross Country event on Woolsery School Field. We plan to start the races at 10am. As always we will start with Year 6 and work down each year group. Please can children bring school jumpers/fleeces to stay warm and a coat in case […]

Posted on September 19, 2025 | By Mr Cole

Secondary School Open Mornings Next week, this year’s series of Open Mornings gets underway. These are excellent opportunities for parents and Y5/6 children to have a look around our local secondary schools in order to make an informed choice when you’re applying for a place (which needs to happen by 31st October) Children in Years […]

Posted on September 12, 2025 | By Mr Cole

Wrap Around Just a reminder that we are now beginning to operate a Wrap Around service to provide 8-5.30 childcare to assist with working families. For children at Woolsery Primary School, sessions for both Breakfast and After School Club can now be booked on ScoPay. For children at Buckland Brewer and Parkham Primaries, we are still […]

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